18 JANUARY 1840, Page 8

IRELAND.

Previously to his departure from Dublin, Mr. O'Connell, who had de- livered almost daily speeches to his constituents, was entertained at a public dimmer at Morrison's Hotel. Three hundred persons were pre- sent, and the tickets 308. each.

The signatures to the Down declaration, in favour of the Govern- ment of Lord Normanby, and also lauding the policy adopted by the present Viceroy, amount to nearly 'GAO ; and include the High Sheriff and a large portion of time Magistracy and gentry of the county of Down—Lord Roden's own county !